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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quilting - The Joy of My Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did many of the Moore's customers pay their bills at the general store?
(a) With credit cards.
(b) With scrip from the coal mines.
(c) With goods and services instead of cash.
(d) With loans from the Moore family.

2. When was Flora taught was the best time to gather honeysuckle vines?
(a) In the spring.
(b) In the winter.
(c) At night.
(d) At daybreak.

3. When Flora's mother got shot in the shoulder, what kind of poultice was applied to her wound?
(a) A honey and egg poultice.
(b) A walnut poultice.
(c) A castor oil poultice.
(d) A sulphur and molasses poultice.

4. Where did Flora Youngblood's father Henry learn herbal doctoring and faith healing?
(a) At Berea College.
(b) At his church.
(c) On an Indian reservation.
(d) At Atlanta University Medical School.

5. What were the fascinators sold in general stores?
(a) Candy made from dried apples and honey.
(b) Wooden toys for babies.
(c) Crocheted, triangular shawls to cover the head & shoulders.
(d) Handheld mirrors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not a stitch Aunt Arie Carpenter used in making her quilts?

2. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

3. Who raised the sheep that produced the wool from which Edith Cannon's mother made her quilt batting?

4. What did Captain Irish Bill Moore and his wife Hattie often have to battle?

5. Which traditional quilt pattern was composed entirely of hexagons?

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